The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-09
THE Three C'S RAILROAD,
THE GEORGIA CAROLINA MID
LAND a THING OF THE PAST.
Swallowed by the Three C's Railroad
and Made Part Of it. The Line to
DE Built all the Same and the
Sooner.
Special n tie Nears and Cou1Tp,.


COLUMBIA, June 1.-The railroad
meetings here to-day have been Of
tue most wcarisome character. This
morning at IL o'clock the directors
OF the Georgia and Carolina Midland
assembled in room in Wri3tys Ho.
tel to consider the articles of con.
solldatlon with the Three C's, of.
1ereo by Col. johnson, tic general
manager. AS stated yesterday there
was no opposition to the consolida-
tlon on this side of the Savannah
For SIX hours the directors remained
closeted. They could come to no
conclusion.
Major Gary and President Mitch.
ell, of Augusta, were opposed to the
consolidation, because the Three C's
mace no promises as to when and
no" Gne roao would be built. They
considered it un~ise to consolidate
upon the terms offered by the Three
Us and spoke at length upon this
slbject.
Col. johnson made short state
ment to the body, and said that they
would certainly be able to complete
the Georgia and Carolina Road in
Vhree years, but hoped to be able to
do SO within eighteen months. For
certain reasons it would be injurious
% his road to give bond to com.
plete the Georgia and Carclina with.
IN e certain period. At 5 O'Clock
TIE directors took q recess until 6.
The directors and stockholders
from Edgefeld and Newberry had
confidence in Senator Butler, who is
one OF the directors of Three C's,
and he had advised some of them to
accept the terms offered.
At 6 o'clock the directors again
met, and this time a conclusion wss
reached. The articles of agreement
was signed by all the directors ex.
cept Major W. T. Gary. 1t is un.
derstood that at the morning session
there was some complication about
the salaries claimed by the president
aaSmsstorney, but q compromise is
said to haye-been effected.
At S o'clock the stockholders who
had been waiting all day for their
turn, assembled in Wright's Hotel
Thirty odd stockholders we're pres
ent, who represented about eight
thousand shares. The meeting was
presided over by President R. NJ
Mitchell, Mr.. George Adam acting as
secretary. After much preliminary
and unimpor;ant action the articles
Of consolidation were read. TIE
followig resolutions were then
passed:
Resolced, That it is for the best in
terest Of every stockholder of this
company, and for the highest sue
cess of this company, that this en-
terprise merge and consolidate with
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi
cago Railroad.
ResoIred, That the following agree
ment, adopted at the meeting of the
directors of this company held June
!, 1887, in the city of Columbia, S
c., be hereby fully endorsed, ratified
and confirmed:
AGREEMENT.
Know all men by these presents
That the Georgia and Carolina Mid
Ind Hallway, a railroad company
duly organized under the laws of The
State Of South Carolina, acting by
its directors. VIM. Munro, II. L
Goss, A. A. SarraSSSS, D. johnson. Jr.
J. 6. Black, A. J. Norris, R. L. Nc
Caughrin, j. Y. Culbreath, J. T
Douglass, R. N. Mitchell, Geo. R
Sibley, ", 7. Gary, Joseph Day, f
R. Schneider, Jas. Callison and Z
Crouch, and the Charleston, Cincin
natl and Chicago Railroad, corpo
ration duly organized under the law:
of saio State of South Carolina, act
ing by its directors, Frank Coke
Philadelphia, Pa; Richard Dozier
Georgetown, S. c.; NJ. C. Butler
Edgefeld, S. c.; James D. Blanding
Sumter, S. c.; II. h. Baker, Spring
field, Mass; John T. Wilder, Chat
tanooga, Tenn; p. p. Dickinson
New York City; P. J. Sinclair, Ma
rion. n c.; D. D. Lee, Shelby. \
c.; ". L. Roddey, Rock Hill. S. C.
Damon \. Coats, New York CITY
Edw. IS. Brewer, Hartford, Conn.
VIM. F. Calender, Springfield, Mass.